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For centuries women have used cloth as a tool of comfort and as an expression of beauty within their homes. Creating cloth for warmth, cloth for shelter, our female predecessors embellished these linens with hand stitch using laborious and time consuming techniques thereby enhancing the functional beauty of objects which enveloped and protected their families. Inspired by these women I hope my creations pay tribute to and recognise the devotion expressed in cloth by our female ancestors .

''the use of traditional often time consuming process alludes to the devotion of a mother''. c K. A. Ruane 2007

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

A little break

Don't be too disturbed by my heading today, I'm only talking about one week max. It's my birthday on saturday and I have plans so I don't know when I will get to photograph again, get to finish things off etc. You know me though, blog addict, it won't be too long honest. I promised you progress pictures of my commissioned piece and here they are. It seems like such a long time since I created any patchwork, I had forgotten how much I enjoyed the tacking to card stage, very mentally unchallenging, a chance to ''veg out'' and think of anything, or nothing depending on your mood.

I still have some machine made paper lace to add to this before it can be put together. Infact I haven't even made the paper lace yet so that's another thing down to do on my tick list. These hexagons look quite ordinary and plain at the moment but have no fear! I have plans for when all the joining is done.

Remember I mentioned that my p.c. was very sick? Well I think it could be terminal and I am typing this with my fingers and toe's crossed. My photo editing software won't work, my internet keeps going to sleep, I fear for it I really do. I spend my time typing never knowing if it will all be lost so my next post may be imageless, a real catastrophe. I am apologising in advance whilst clinging on to a faint hope!!!

For the past couple of evenings I have been making a start on the big push for the Makey Do and next time I should definitely have some finished stuff to show you. In the meantime, to keep your creative juices flowing, check outthese wonderful tiny works of art, gorgeous!